Unit 9 De vuelta a Waterford

Course Name: Hispanic Studies: Life and Travel Unit Title: De vuelta a Waterford Est. # of Lessons: 3

Unit Overview:

We’re back and what a trip! In this unit, students wrap-up their trip throughout the Spanish-speaking world. They will interact with others in the airport and in planning to get back home in Spanish. Students will practice communicating with others in transportation settings and reflect on their trip as a whole in Spanish.

STAGE 1: DESIRED RESULTS

Established Goals

Intercultural Communication: In my own and other cultures I can identify some typical products related to familiar everyday life. Transfer Goals

Communication

● Produce clear and coherent statements through attention to detail (e.g., purpose, task, audience, appropriate vocabulary, sentence structure)

Communication; Critical Thinking; Self Direction

● Initiate and respond effectively on a given topic based on interactions/exchanges

Understandings

● Language requires you to solve problems. ● Body language can help convey the message. ● Each culture has unique characteristics and values.

Knowledge

● Getting home from the airport (transportation - bus, car, taxi, currency) ● Reflection on trip: What do you see in your own community that you observed during your travels? What cultures/cultural artifacts are represented in your own community/surrounding communities?

What was your favorite part of the trip? Essential Questions

● What am I trying to say and how do I say it? Is what I’m saying understood? ● Where am I trying to go (next)? How do I get there? ● How do I describe what I need? ● How do I describe what I am seeing? ● How do I describe this experience? (food, tradition, activity)

Skills (Framed as Learning Targets)

● I can identify travel-related words (bus, car, airport) in the target language ● I can identify words to describe the experiences or activities I will do on the trip. ● I can identify vocabulary to describe how I feel about an experience. ● I can identify vocabulary related to manners (please, thank you, how are you, my name is, hello, goodbye)

STAGE 2: DETERMINE ACCEPTABLE EVIDENCE

Summative Assessment (Cumulative Assessment) Formative Assessment

● Plan to get home from the airport ● Finalizing what is in your travel folder: passport, journal, mementos ● Reflect on your trip ● Script and practice conversations ● Replying to basic questions ● Situational activities - What to say when? ● Planning different aspects of a trip

STAGE 3: LEARNING PLAN

First Topic: How I get home

Relevant Learning Targets (from Stage 1) : ● I can identify travel-related words (bus, car, airport) in the target language ● I can identify vocabulary related to manners (please, thank you, how are you, my name is, hello, goodbye) Estimated # of Classes: 1

Relevant Essential Questions (from Stage 1): ● What am I trying to say and how do I say it? Is what I’m saying understood? ● Where am I trying to go (next)? How do I get there? ● How do I describe what I need?

Learning Activities: ● Decide which option for transportation is best for you to arrive home. ● Practice the appropriate scripted conversations

YOU CAN CONTINUE TO ADD UNIT TOPICS TO COVER THE SEQUENCE OF THE UNIT

Second Topic: How will I record my experiences? Estimated # of Classes: 1-2

Learning Targets: ● I can identify words to describe the experiences or activities I will do on the trip. ● I can identify vocabulary to describe how I feel about an experience. Essential Questions: ● How do I describe what I am seeing? ● How do I describe this experience? (food, tradition, activity)

Learning Activities: ● Finalize your travel folder. ● Look at a map to see where in the world you traveled, what country and what continent.